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Yeah, there is all kinds of fail going on in this case.I agree that the school completely let that kid down, but the mom is equally responsible for having no idea how her kid was doing in school for three years, and thinking that even if he was failing all his classes, that he was doing okay.
"His transcripts show he’s passed just three classes in four years, earning 2.5 credits, placing him in ninth grade. But France says she didn’t know that until February."
She pretty much had to be intentionally ignoring his education. Unfortunately, the school was also ignoring it. As was the kid himself. No winners there at all.
You're a soccer douche and ignore realities but sure quick to throw out labels when you have no ability to actually debate the realities of the situation.
This is effing criminal. Agree that the mom should have been more engaged, but sounds like she has more than she can handle...
France’s son attends Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts in west Baltimore. His transcripts show he’s passed just three classes in four years, earning 2.5 credits, placing him in ninth grade. But France says she didn’t know that until February. She has three children and works three jobs. She thought her oldest son was doing well because even though he failed most of his classes, he was being promoted. His transcripts show he failed Spanish I and Algebra I but was promoted to Spanish II and Algebra II. He also failed English II but was passed on to English III.
So this kid will probably go work some crappy minimum wage job, father children that he can't support, and that woman will have three kids and three jobs. And we'll complain that these people need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
Good one, shitbag. You really got me.You're a soccer douche and ignore realities but sure quick to throw out labels when you have no ability to actually debate the realities of the situation.
The US has been throwing money at this problem for going on 50+ years now....at what point will it not be 'the systems' fault?
Where's this guy when you need him?
"He's stressed and I am too. I told him I'm probably going to start crying. I don't know what to do for him,” France told Project Baltimore. “Why would he do three more years in school? He didn't fail, the school failed him. The school failed at their job. They failed. They failed, that's the problem here. They failed. They failed. He didn't deserve that.”
If this mother has any other school age children, she needs to be evaluate by DFACs to make sure she is a suitable parent... which, this is telling me she isn't.
It’s not the money, it’s the white supremacists that have controlled politics and education in Baltimore for decades that are to blame.
Ah yes, the soup du jour, white supremacists.
C'mon, try harder
Completely agree. Crappy parenting. Crappy student.I think that it is generally agreed upon here that the mother failed the kid horribly.
Maybe they did? I would think the kids report card would also force the issue if the parent(s) chose to invest in their child and chose to look at it. Not to mention, are open houses once a term no longer a thing?But, let's look at the other failures.
1. Teachers - At some point through what was likely close to 20 classes any one of his teachers should have forced a conversation with the parent.
Agree (assuming this occurred), but there is such an emphasis on letting kids move on. Teachers appear to have took a stand by giving the little dumbass bad grades.2. Registration - He never should have been allowed to register for level 2 classes without passing level 1 classes first.
I am guessing they did notify the parent. Lates and tardies I would assume would show up on every transcript. They can't make the parent(s) read it.3. Administration - The kid is late or skips that many days and they aren't forcing the issue with the parent? A kid fails this many classes and they aren't forcing the issue with the parent?
I would assume his grades would do the talking. The mom had to know the little dumbass was missing school that much. If not then the parent(s) are dumbasses.4. Counseling - Did nobody talk to the student about his lack of progress/attendance/etc. to see what was going on? Maybe check in on the mental health of the kid. Or check in to seeing if there is a learning disability involved. Something to prevent this from happening.
Likely attending the U of Nebraska in the fallHopefully they have good janitors and lunch ladies because just about everything else in that school is a dumpster fire.
You agreed on the first one....then assumed excuses for the rest.Completely agree. Crappy parenting. Crappy student.
Maybe they did? I would think the kids report card would also force the issue if the parent(s) chose to invest in their child and chose to look at it. Not to mention, are open houses once a term no longer a thing?Agree (assuming this occurred), but there is such an emphasis on letting kids move on. Teachers appear to have took a stand by giving the little dumbass bad grades.I am guessing they did notify the parent. Lates and tardies I would assume would show up on every transcript. They can't make the parent(s) read it.I would assume his grades would do the talking. The mom had to know the little dumbass was missing school that much. If not then the parent(s) are dumbasses.
Likely attending the U of Nebraska in the fall
there is such an emphasis on letting kids move on
I think that it is generally agreed upon here that the mother failed the kid horribly.
But, let's look at the other failures.
1. Teachers - At some point through what was likely close to 20 classes any one of his teachers should have forced a conversation with the parent.
2. Registration - He never should have been allowed to register for level 2 classes without passing level 1 classes first.
3. Administration - The kid is late or skips that many days and they aren't forcing the issue with the parent? A kid fails this many classes and they aren't forcing the issue with the parent?
4. Counseling - Did nobody talk to the student about his lack of progress/attendance/etc. to see what was going on? Maybe check in on the mental health of the kid. Or check in to seeing if there is a learning disability involved. Something to prevent this from happening.
Hopefully they have good janitors and lunch ladies because just about everything else in that school is a dumpster fire.
Did you have to duck, or could you not even hear the whooshing sound?
I remember about 15 years ago seeing an Education PhD discussing NYC’s consideration of automatic advancement regardless of passing.
The other commentator was a former teacher and relayed that a kid getting pushed up but lacking the knowledge wouldn’t get it at the next grade because the teacher would be more focused on the other 20 kids learning the grade material.
“It’s not effective education.” Was his final comment.
The rejoinder from the PhD stunned me: “It’s not about effective education, it’s about effective control of children.”
The reasoning being that kids held back were more likely to drop out altogether than their peers who passed and advanced.
The drop outs would end up on the street, engage in crime, etc.
The perspective on the problem was as mind blowing as it was wrong headed.
No doubt kids that struggle in school are more likely to drop out, but are we really doing them, or society, any favors pretending they’re learning and shoving them through the system until they’re 18 and holding a diploma they can barely read?
Huh? I completely agreed that the mother failed the kid and was a crappy parent causing a crappy student.You agreed on the first one....then assumed excuses for the rest.
I'm not surprised at all.